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nymphomania

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Adjective, Noun
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nym=pho=ma=ni=a

CIDE DICTIONARY

nymphomanian. [Gr. ny`mfh a bride + mani`a madness.].
     An uncontrollable excessive sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nymphomania, n. excessive sexual desire in women.

Derivative
nymphomaniac n. & adj.
Etymology
mod.L (as NYMPH, -MANIA)

THESAURUS

nymphomania

andromania, animality, aphrodisia, bawdiness, biological urge, bodily appetite, carnal desire, carnality, clitoromania, concupiscence, desire, dirtiness, eromania, eroticism, eroticomania, eroticomaniac, erotism, erotomania, fleshliness, fleshly lust, furor uterinus, goatishness, gynecomania, horniness, hot blood, hot pants, hysteromania, indecency, infantile sexuality, itch, lasciviousness, lecherousness, lechery, lewdness, libidinousness, lickerishness, lubriciousness, lubricity, lust, lustfulness, obscenity, passion, polymorphous perversity, prurience, pruriency, randiness, salaciousness, salacity, satyriasis, satyrism, sensuality, sexiness, sexual desire, sexual longing, sexual passion, sexuality, uteromania, venereal appetite

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